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L: E. D'UVALL.

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LOT EVERETT DUVALL, OF LIVINGSTON, MONTANA TERRITORY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,957, datedSeptember 25, 1888.

Application filed June 10,1888. Serial No. 277,689. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, L01 EVERETT DUVALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Livingston, in the county of Park, and MontanaTerritory,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forLowering Wagon- Tops; and ldo declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple means in connection witha rock-shaft operated by a foot or hand lever for causing the wagon-topto fall by its own weight, or by giving it a slight push backward.

The nature of my invention will be described below, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view partly broken. Fig. 2 is adetail section, the stop-web in position. Fig. 3 is a like view, thestop-web rotated out of position.

Like letters refer to like parts.

A is the wagon body, B the seat, and O O the bows having at the top thetoggle-joints a.

At a suitable point on the floor of the body a standard, D, is placed,and to this is fulcrumed a U-shaped lever, D. To the upper end of theouter arm of said lever is hinged one end of a long red, E, the otherend being hinged to a curved arm, F, rigidly attached to a rock-shaft,G, in the rear of the seat, said shaft being supported by lugs b 1),depending from the back of the seat.

H is a spring suitably attached to the body. Its free end engages withthe arm of the lever nearest to it, and its purpose is to hold lever Duprightand prevent the shaft from accidentally turning when the top isup. At either end of the rockshaft G are double disks 0, havingsufficient space bet-ween them to receive the lower end of slottedbraces J, the other end being attached to the rear bow, as shown. Tokeep the said braces from leaving the disks, and to act as a guide,transverse pins f are passed through the disks and the slot of thebraces, and to prevent said braces from sliding down between the diskswhen the top is up the lower perimeters of the disks are joined togetherby semicircular webs g, which forms a solid stop for the lower end ofbraces J to rest upon when the top is up.

A description of the operation will show the function of the parts.

When it is desired to lower the top, push nearly down the lever with thehand or foot. This will lower the free end of the spring, draw the rod Eand arm F forward, and cause the rock-shaft to turn. The disks turningwith the shaft, the webs g,which join the former, as described, willalso rotate slightly forward, freeing the lower end of the braces andallowing them to slide down between the disks, after which they willassume a vertical position beside the body, the pinsf acting as a guideand preventing the braces from swinging out of the disks. The weight ofthe top or the draft of air against it is usually sufficient to causethe braces to slide down. If not,it is only necessary to push slightlybackward on the bows. The top can be brought to a horizontal bycollapsing the toggles a. To raise the top, push the lever farther downand bring the top forward with the hand, which will bring the braces upagain. Then releasing the lever suddenly, the spring will throw it back,also rod E and arm F, causing the rock shaft and disks to turn back andbringing the disk-webs 9 under the lower end of the braces, when the topwill be firmly supported.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. The combination, with the rock-shaft rotated substantially as shown,and the slotted braces, of devices, substantially as described, on theends of said shaft for supporting the lower end of said braces when thetop is up, and releasing and guiding them down beside the body when thetop is lowered, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the ends of the rock-shaft rotatedsubstantially as shown, of the double disks having a transverse pin anda semicircular connecting-web, the slotted braces, and the top, as setforth.

3. The combination, with the lever, of the the top braces when the, topis up, and to release and guide them down beside the body when saidshaft is rotated to lower the top, as set forth.

4. The combination, with the body, of the lever, the spring, the longrod, the curved arm, the rockshaft, the double disks on the ends thereofhaving transverse pins fend semicircularconnecting-webs g, the slottedbraces, and the bows, as set forth. :0

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOT EVERETT DUVALL. Witnesses:

JNO. H. ELDER, J. A. SAVAGE.

